Sardinian translator

No. Sardinian is a Romance language in its own right (ISO 639-1 sc, ISO 639-3 srd), not an Italian dialect. It is in fact regarded as the most conservative Romance language, closer to Latin than Italian. We therefore treat it as a separate source language and establish the right variety and origin first.

Yes. The UK has no sworn-translator institute, so there is no "sworn translator" as a legal office here. For official acceptance a Sardinian translation agency such as Ecrivus provides certified translation: a signed and dated statement of accuracy with our contact details. Where a body asks for more, this can be escalated to notarisation by a solicitor or notary public, or to an apostille or legalisation through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Because a Sardinian-origin document is usually issued in Italy, the certified chain commonly runs through Italian as the source language; we confirm the route per document in the quote.

That depends on the origin of your source text. The main varieties are Campidanese (southern Sardinia), Logudorese (central-northern) and Nuorese (central, conservative). There is also the regional written norm Limba Sarda Comuna (LSC), which is not universally accepted. We confirm the variety and the orthography up front in the quote.

Common requests include heritage and museum copy, tourism and cultural content, regional gastronomy and festival communications, academic and linguistic research, and civil-status records for Italian-Sardinian families. For each text we confirm the approach, the variety and any certification in the quote.

We work with specialist linguists who command Sardinian and reference the recognised UK professional bodies — the ITI (Institute of Translation and Interpreting), the CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists) and, for interpreting, the NRPSI (National Register of Public Service Interpreters). These are bodies of reference for the profession; we name them so you can see the standard the work is held to.

On working days you receive a reply within 1 hour. The lead time for the translation itself depends on text type, volume, variety and any required certification, and is confirmed in the quote. For tight deadlines we confirm a workable rush schedule up front rather than promising a fixed turnaround.

A Sardinian translation agency takes the coordination off your hands. We establish first that the text is Sardinian and not Italian, choose the right variety and orthography, pair you with a linguist who commands the language, and arrange certification, notarisation or an FCDO apostille where an authority requires it. You keep one point of contact for variety, terminology, scheduling and delivery, all under a single quote. A skilled freelance translator does excellent work too; for a minority language the difference an agency adds is finding the right linguist and bringing those moving parts together so you are not managing them separately.